For conservatives, most appalling commodity was Chinese silk: fragile and see through, immodest. “For Seneca, silk was simply a cipher for exoticism and eroticism.” Edicts passed by law to forbid silk.

The perfect picture of a woman: we were made "Ezer Kenegdo" by God himself (from the Hebrew~azar nagad)- Suitable=Essential & Helper=Counterpart (from Genesis 2:18) We are made in the image of God; equal=made to reflect God; but different than man=feminine; to surround protect or aid; an ally~to be conspicuous and to declare. Image by Tsuyoshi Nagano, "Prominence"